What's your verbal crutch?

[Helimocopter]

"shit"

 

[Pink_Pirate]

I'm not sure... like...i dont really use that many like, filler words... like i dunno or like uh...or like you know... It's like... yeah

 

[curty129]

I use "zeg maar" a lot (in Dutch).

This.

This is a national fucking epidemic.

But what does it MEEEAN?

OT: Arr. When hearing something, I can always use either of these comments to follow: "That's ridiculous" or "That's hilarious/so funny". I can't express the.. funniness.. of people's jokes through laughter sometimes (Y'know, when you're just not in the mood for laughing) so I end up saying that. I once consciously said "ridiculous" 3 times, over 2 things.

I literally couldn't stop the thrid one coming out. It's horrible I tells ya..

Edit: I also swear a lot and I don't like it

I'm not sure... like...i dont really use that many like, filler words... like i dunno or like uh...or like you know... It's like... yeah

xD Yeah, I, er, well, I kinda-ish, yeah, know what you mean, sort of.

 

[evilartist]

I'll just stutter what sound to be parts of possibly reasonable words until I find one that sticks and go from there.

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

I have a Lisp and have begun stuttering at times, guess my problems.

 

[Gin N Tonic]

I say 'sure' a lot. One of the quirks of the Irish accent.

To be sure.

No, not 'to be sure', just sure. Occasionally 'ah sure'.

Cork people have a different version, they say 'like' at the end of every sentence, in dublin they have 'Ya knowhadimeian' or 'Roi' ('Do you know what I mean' and 'right' in a heavy Dublin accent) and People in the North of Ireland say 'Aye' a lot. Come to think of it, so do I.

not really no.like would be a more common phrase in northern ireland,it is mainly used as a full stop. A new phrase that seems to be making the rounds is "Here's me wha?" bit strange if you ask me but hey.

 

[zoozilla]

I just sort of go "Uh...." or "Er...." or "Duh...." or whatever.

I also tag on "or whatever" to a lot of my sentences when speaking.

 

[darkless]

I say 'sure' a lot. One of the quirks of the Irish accent.

It really must be because I say it a lot as well also "ah sure"

On top of that I also tend to stutter badly if I loose my train of thought instead of stopping and thinking I just keep saying stuff and stuttering until it comes back if that counts.

 

[Aerodynamic]

I keep adding Spanish words for some reason

 

[FalloutJack]

This sounds entirely like asking a golfer what his handicap is, but what the hey.

Given that I keep a running comparison between how others speak and how I speak at times, I find that whatever I'm crutching can't be nearly as bad as, for instance, some professors that I've had in college. I have had, on occasion, the tendency to have my tongue run away with me and say things that make no sense, as though my speech center malfunctioned. So, I back up and do it again. My whole family has this and we play it off rather amusingly. Thus, you could call this an example of turning a weakness into a strength. People like funny people.

 

[Hurr Durr Derp]

I use "zeg maar" a lot (in Dutch). Sometimes twice in a single sentence. Usually I don't even notice it, but when I pay attention to it I feel like a retard because I really say it constantly.

Not entirely sure how I'd accurately translate its meaning in English...

Well according to Babel Fish is means "but say" but that is a literal translation

Yeah. The problem is that "maar" usually means "but", but in this context it doesn't.

It's more like "let's say", "like", or "in other words", as someone else posted earlier.

 

[aruseusx]

I can't help but say no offense when starting a sentence that states my opinion.

 

[Joachim Aachen]

I use the word 'like' much too often when uneeded, my English teacher has told me, forcing me to re-say my whole 'whateverthehellIjustsaid' over again. Also, sometimes if I talk too fast, then I have a tendency to stutter or forget the words so that my brain has to formulate again.

I don't talk much.

 

[joshuaayt]

Because I have a morbid fear of being thought of as unintelligent, I tend to think VERY carefully about saying everything, not saying it until I am ok with it. So, as I dislike silences, I sort of go 'yeeeesssss...but......' and other such filler to keep the noise going.
And then, once I finally get the words out, I sometimes stutter, and ALWAYS COME OFF AS OVERLY PRETENTIOUS. Really, it's quite annoying, and I think it has to do with the emotion I don't put into my voice.
Oh, right, and because of that problem, no one can tell when I'm joking, so everything I say is taken as a personal attack...
I hate talking.

 

[Hyper-space]

i tend to say "what" a lot.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

I use the word "actually" far more regularly than I should. Looking through my recent posts, I notice a startling trend of using "at the end of the day".

 

[Ekonk]

Right now it's 'yo'. I say it too much. TOO MUCH. Also, 'wassup'. Or, 'wassup niggas' in a ridiculously high-pitched voice, nicked directly from Shaun of the Dead. Which is odd, because my primary language isn't English, SO WHY AM I SAYING WASSUP???